This is based on an acoustic performance given by Art Alexakis for Guitar Centre
and is easily found on Youtube if you want to see the strumming pattern and the
chord changes on the interlude.
the tuning is one full step down
great song, enjoy!
[Verse]
D
Father of mine
G
Tell me where have you been?
Em
You know I just closed by eyes
D
My whole world disappeared
F#
Father of mine
G
Take me back to the day
Em
Yeah, when I was still your golden boy
D
Back before you went away
[Interlude]
DAGF#GA(pull off)
DAGF# (yeah yeah) GDDF#
Father of mine
G
Tell me where did you go?
Em
Yeah, you had the world inside your hand
D
But you did not seem to know
DF#
Father of mine
G
Tell me what do you see?
Em
When you look back at your wasted life
D
And you don't see me
(Palm mute)
DF#
I was ten years old
G
Doin' all that I could
Em (Strum)
It wasn't easy for me to be a scared white boy
D (strum then mute)
In a black neighborhood
DF#
Sometimes you would send me a birthday card
G
With a five dollar bill
Em
I never understood you then
D
And I guess I never will
DAGF#GA(pull off) D
Daddy Gave me a name
DAGF#GA(pull off) D
Daddy Gave me a name, then he walked away...
DAGF#GDDDD
yeah, yeah, yeah
(palm mute)
DF#
Father of mine
G
Tell me where have you been?
Em
Yeah, I just closed by eyes
D
And the world disappeared
F#
Father of mine
G
Tell me how do you sleep?
Em
With the children you abandoned
D
And the wife I saw you beat
F#
I will never be safe
G
I will never be sane
Em
I will always be weird inside
D
I will always be lame
F#
Now I'm a grown man
G
With a child of my own
Em
And I swear, I'll never let her know
D
All the pain I have known
DAGF#GA(pull off) D
Daddy Gave me a name
DAGF#GA(pull off) D
Daddy Gave me a name, then he walked away...
DAGF#GDDDD
yeah, yeah, yeah and he walked away... etc